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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL): The faults in the new Maps App , what’s wrong, and what isn’t?

The new iOS 6 Maps were released as the default
application for Maps in the new Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL)’s iPhone5 which was
released in shops on Friday. While the new phone has received a lot of
attention, not all of it has been positive. Users have been complaining about
the faulty Maps App and the rival companies are also taking advantage of the
weaknesses of the application which is based on cloud-computing.

The 3D model rendering has been considered as faulty
by many users. There is not enough accuracy, and roads are not depicted
accurately enough, the bridges seem to be dipping like a concave structure, and
buildings seem to be broken or the height estimation is wrong. Also, the 3D
imaging has been restricted to certain places. There are faults with the
Transit directions as well as the Street view. And there are very few helper
applications which the company has now revised, thereby providing the users
with more help and second or supplementary opinions.

The servers seem to be faulty, what with labels of
names which are not right. There are also inaccurate located features near a
particular destination and the inability to give the correct name and address
to a particular place is also a major flaw which Apple should look into. Plus, there are several typos which the maps
have with respect to names of places.

The grievance forms too, are hidden in the
application. If there is something which a user wants corrected, then he/she
will not immediately be able to write to Apple about the issue. The application
also has very limited details on streets and places, for certain countries
which supposedly supports the application. And the 2D map, too, has missing
roads, and roads which seem to have morphed into other ones. The Flyover
renderings also need to be addressed.

Be that as it may, however, the company has been
trying to get it all fixed, and this is not the only maps application which is
faulty. Google Maps too, had its faults, but the reason for the criticism of
Apple is clear: the expectations are very high.